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Antics in the Rain

A place that I lived in Phoenix had a courtyard of trees. It was a joy to step outside my front doors because the trees were filled with native desert birds. I was consistently serenaded by their wondrous vocals.

There was a large variety from hummingbird to desert woodpeckers – that somehow got along with each other just fine.

One day there was a new addition to the chorus that sung with a completely unique tweet. The chorus sang in harmony and then the new voice warbled a special melody that makes the songs that were sung even more beautiful.

That chorus of birds inspired poems, took on personalities in the first story in Ladies of the Orb series and also sketches for paintings. They were such wondrous friends!

It was interesting to hear the birds sing but when looking into the trees, I never saw the birds. The antics and magic started when it rained: the birds come out to play!

Once it rained enough for puddles to form, the birds came out to play! A line of assorted birds would stand knee deep with their wings outspread taking baths. To make it more amazing, the birds sang! I suppose it’s universal to sing in the shower!

Then more antics occur as a Bird Fashion Show begins. Birds in a line leisurely walking in the rain one after the other, heads held high feathers fanned out like a peacock.

Both the birds in the fashion show and the ones taking puddle baths sang a glorious melody! There’s nothing like nature for inspiration!

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— Very fun. I really enjoyed your story. D.T.
— Oh wow! This is VERY, VERY COOL including the font, I mean very HOT! (off the pen). G.A.
— Wow!!!!!!!!!! This is very cool!! Very Impressive – really!! W.M.

Literary Comments

Oh I saw that beautiful flitter right off the bat! Yes, we definitely need more wonder wabbits on pogo sticks fighting the evil on this planet! A story well written. C.C.

Hope at Dawn Tale - Comment

Blessings to thee, fair Ilia, and many wondrous joys~~ Love, N

Art & Literary Comment

What a wonderful fairy tale! Keep blessing the world with your delightful writing! M.S.

Fairy Tale Feedback

This is just wonderful!! And I love the way you illustrated it! I hope that you have no objection to my sending it around to others. D.L.

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Wau! Very nice. Great creation. Thanks for sharing the wonders and make it real to others, planting seeds of joy and pleasure in people’s hearts! Very nice, all the very best wishes to you too! M.B.

Fairy Tale Comment

Thank you so much for sharing your latest story with us, it is beautiful and well written. As usual, you painted a wonderful picture with words and made the story become a reality as I read it. M.

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I finally read this whole fairy tale. I just loved it!…My point is that your writing is a joy to read – I never get hung up on any errors. Not even typos. Amazing! E.S.

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Fun! and VWD! Thanks, Ilia! M.M.
Wow! Talk about impact! G.A.
This is AWESOME!!!! M.K.
What a great story! Thank you. M.J.
What a wonderful tale, it was a true delight! A.
Cute! Which way to now Paradise? G.A.

Tales Feedback

Thanks for sharing this story with me, I read it with my first cup of tea this morning. It is very good, well written and makes you want more as you read it. L.C.

Story Comment

Took me a while to get through it, but quite a tale! You have a gift for allegory, which I guess the best fairy tales are. Anyway, very very well done! R.S.

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This haunting – love the flows in it. GH
No name but it’s a glorious feeling in my heart. Splendid piece! TH
I love this. Wish I could do something like this. Inspires me. LDS
I like what you’re doing with these. CDW
Wowowow!!!! So Beautiful!!!!!! CL
It’s a very ethereal and beautiful work of art that speaks to me of something that’s not ‘something’ VL
Gorgeous! GB
it’s beautiful! JK
It’s beautiful. JKM

Comments for Dreamscape An Entrance to Paradise

Love it, love it! PE
I love the theta in this. CL
It is lovely! MBD
Wow CWS
You have a fascinating technique, ILIA! A beautiful piece! MG
It is just not fair Leigh-Ann. Each new one you do just hits home and someday I will surround myself with many of them. BL
I love it. This is really a talent it is so theta. DC

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ILIA, your dreamscapes are absolutely incredible. In that genre it doesn’t get any better than what you are doing. CR

Artist Acknowledgment

Hi Leigh-Ann — Very beautiful piece you posted on April 22. I wanted to take a moment to explain the name suggestion I posted — Eternal Gift. The painting contains a blue sphere, which invokes the idea of a planet, but most of the imagery is senior to the sphere, which communicated to me that it is free of any mundane confines. Hence the term “Eternal.” Since it has beauty that contains creativity, rather than a randomly beautiful manifestation like the Horsehead or Crab Nebulae, it means there the source was a creative intelligence. This is conveyed with the word “Gift” — an offering by a sentient being to another sentient being. Wonderful work! Thanks for posting! M.D.O.

Your Dreamscapes are unbelievably aesthetic! I don’t know how you create these, but they are really, truly a work of art. I can think of many classical musical pieces that could be played while viewing these – your dreamscapes are soothing and pleasing to the soul, as it were. They’re just gorgeous, and I’m utterly impressed with what they communicate. I’ll be looking at them many, many times. L.T.

Dreamscape Acknowledgement

I saw a child’s marble full of real fish, gracefully entering and sweeping, curving away, a real ocean in a crystaline globe. Then I was moved by the tiny stars in the marble’s infinite sky, then realized I needed to dust my computer screen — no stars! Oh well.
Mainly impressed by the way what seem to be streaks of energy move into and out of more solid forms, suggesting whales, dolphins, eels, etc. D.B.

Dreamscape Comment

Your intention comes through beautifully. A.F.

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Color, movement, music, poetry and dancing! K.D.

Dreamscape Comment

Very spiritual. Makes me wonder what the spirit of a flower would look like. S.R.

Dreamscape feedback for A Flower Unfurling

Outstanding!! I love the color and the way it flows! M.B.

Dreamscape - A Flower Unfurling

Your beautiful piece reminded me of a book by that title where a girl was magically transported to a place I imagined looked like this. V.L.

Dreamscape - A Soul Emerges

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— Wow! Beautiful and protected and infinite on the inside as all beauty is. R.P.

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Thank you, you beautiful artist!!! L.S.

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